Man

Jordanka Borissova

Full Professor, grado 4

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaíso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Astrophysics; Stellar populations, Star clusters,Structure and evolution of the Galaxy; Variable stars

Educación

  •  PhD in Astofisica, SOFIA UNIVERSITY. Bulgaria, 1990
  •  Ciencias Fisicas: Astrofisica y Astronomia, Universidad de Chile - rec.. Chile, 2006
  •  Senior Researcher II degree, BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. Bulgaria, 2000

Experiencia Académica

  •   Full Professor, Grado 4 Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Ciencias

    Valparaiso, Chile

    2007 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Staff Astronomer Full Time

    European Southern Observatory

    Santiago, Chile

    2004 - 2007

  •   Post Doctoral Fellow Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica

    Santiago, Chile

    2002 - 2004

  •   Senior Research Fellow Full Time

    Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

    Sofia, Bulgaria

    1990 - 2002

  •   Full Professor, grado 4 Full Time

    Universidad de Valparaiso

    Valparaiso, Chile

    2007 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


Student Supervisions and Teaching:
Nicolas Medina (PhD) [current] ;
Alex Yip (PhD, Co-advisor) [current];
Claudio Navarro (PhD, 2017) [now: Universidad Austral, Puerto Mont, Chile];
Nicolas Medina (MSc, 2014) [now: PhD UV];
Francisco Peñaloza (MSc, 2013) [now: industry];
Directed 4 BSc theses.

Postdoc supervision:
Saurabh (2009-2011);
Stuart Folkes (2009-2011);
James Clarke (2010-2011);
Stuart Sale (2010-2011);
Andre-Nicolas Chene (2010-2012);
Roberto Saito (2012-2013);
Celia Fierro (2012-2013);
Pia Amigo (2012-2014);
Sebastian Ramirez (2012-2016);
Mariusz Gromadzki (2013-2016);
Josephine Chan (2014-2016);
Istvan Dékány (2015-2016);
Julio Gárbalo Bello (2015-2016);
Juan Carlos Beamin (2015-2016);
Michael Kuhn (2014-2018).

Courses:
Graduate: Stellar Evolution; Tools and Techniques of Astronomical measurements; Topics in Astrophysics (Star Clusters);
Topics in Astrophysics (Data reduction); Galaxy Astrophysics; Topics in Astrophysics (SSDS database)
Undergraduate: Galaxy Astrophysics; Physics I; Physics II; Optics and waves.


Difusión y Transferencia


Service to the Profession:
2018-now: Consejo Fondo Gemini
2018-now: Director of the “Comisión de creación Licenciatura en Astronomía”, University of Valparaiso.
2016-2017:Member of “Comisión de Postgrado”, University of Valparaiso.
2012-2014:Director of “Comisión de Acreditación de Programa de Magister de UV”.
2010-2012:Director of the “Graduate MSc program in Astronomy” at University of Valparaiso.
2000-2002:Director of the Department “Star Clusters and Associations, Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria.
Committees:
2015-2016:Member of Astronomy, Cosmology and Particles review panel of FONDECYT
2012-2013:Member of Chilean Time Allocation committee (CNTAC).
2011-2011:Member of “Panel de Selección Nacional de Física y Matemáticas”, Fulbright
2009-2013:Member of Explora CONICYT evaluation committee.
2009-2011:Member of Chilean Gemini Time Allocation Committee
2002-now: Referee for ApJ, PASP, MNRAS, A&A, AJ, Australian Journal of Astronomy, etc.

I participated in the design and printing of the exhibición “El Universo como maquina del tiempo”, with 22 panels, inaugurated in 2016.
Up to moment we have more than 100 visits in V region.
More than 50 public talks are given.
I organized 2 outreach conferences: “Sharing one sky I and II” in 2016 and 2017.



 

Article (102)

Massive Stars in the SDSS-IV-APOGEE Survey: Wolf-Rayet Stars of the WN Type
Massive Stars in the SDSS-IV/APOGEE2 Survey. III. New OB Stars in the Direction of the Sagittarius Spiral Arm
Multi-wavelength study in the region of IRAS 16571-4029 and 16575-4023 sources
Short- and long-term near-infrared spectroscopic variability of eruptive protostars from VVV
VVV-WIT-01: highly obscured classical nova or protostellar collision?
A colour-excess extinction map of the southern Galactic disc from the VVV and GLIMPSE surveys
Close Companions around Young Stars
Long-term stellar variability in the Galactic Centre region
Massive Stars in the SDSS-IV/APOGEE-2 Survey. II. OB-stars in the W345 Complexes
Massive stars in the young cluster VVV CL074
The Fifteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release of MaNGA-derived Quantities, Data Visualization Tools, and Stellar Library
The G305 Star-forming Region. I. Newly Classified Hot Stars
Variable Stars in Sagittarius Globular Clusters. I. Arp 2
An Automated Tool to Detect Variable Sources in the Vista Variables in the Via Lactea Survey: The VVV Variables (V-4) Catalog of Tiles d001 and d002
Identifying two groups of massive stars aligned in the l similar to 38 degrees Galactic direction
Massive Stars in the SDSS-IV/APOGEE SURVEY. I. OB Stars
New Galactic star clusters discovered in the disc area of the VVVX survey
Photometric variability of massive young stellar objects
The APOGEE-2 Survey of the Orion Star-forming Complex. I. Target Selection and Validation with Early Observations
The APOGEE-2 Survey of the Orion Star-forming Complex. II. Six-dimensional Structure
The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the Second Phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment
VIRAC: the VVV Infrared Astrometric Catalogue
Extreme infrared variables from UKIDSS - II. An end-of-survey catalogue of eruptive YSOs and unusual stars
New VVV Survey Globular Cluster Candidates in the Milky Way Bulge
The 13th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-IV Survey Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory
The Emergence of the Infrared Transient VVV-WIT-06
The Structure of the Young Star Cluster NGC 6231. I. Stellar Population
The Structure of the Young Star Cluster NGC 6231. II. Structure, Formation, and Fate
Triggered massive star formation associated with the bubble HII region Sh2-39 (N5)
Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey V. Young clusters with an OB stellar population
Probing the Dragonfish star-forming complex: the ionizing population of the young massive cluster Mercer 30
Properties of massive stars in four clusters of the VVV survey
The embedded clusters DBS77, 78, 102, and 160-161, and their link with the interstellar medium
Atlas of CMFGEN Models for OB Massive Stars
Chemical Abundances of the Highly Obscured Galactic Globular Clusters 2MASS GC02 and Mercer 5
Discovery of a brown dwarf companion to the A3V star beta Circini
Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey IV. WR 62-2, a new very massive star in the core of the VVV CL041 cluster
Properties of the solar neighbor WISE J072003.20-084651.2
THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF YOUNG STELLAR CLUSTERS. III. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND EVOLUTIONARY STATES
THE TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY: VARIABLE SELECTION AND ANTICIPATED RESULTS
THE VVV SURVEY REVEALS CLASSICAL CEPHEIDS TRACING A YOUNG AND THIN STELLAR DISK ACROSS THE GALAXY'S BULGE
WISE J061213.85-303612.5: a new T-dwarf binary candidate
DETACHED DUST SHELL AROUND WOLF-RAYET STAR WR60-6 IN THE YOUNG STELLAR CLUSTER VVV CL036
Investigating potential planetary nebula/cluster pairs
The VVV Templates Project Towards an automated classification of VVV light-curves I. Building a database of stellar variability in the near-infrared
A near-infrared catalogue of the Galactic novae in the VVV survey area
Anchors for the cosmic distance scale: the Cepheid QZ Normae in the open cluster NGC 6067
Anchors for the cosmic distance scale: the Cepheids U Sagittarii, CF Cassiopeiae, and CEab Cassiopeiae
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NEARBY L/T BINARY BROWN DWARF WISE J104915.57-531906.1 AT 2 pc FROM THE SUN
Discovery of new companions to high proper motion stars from the VVV Survey
Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars
Milky Way demographics with the VVV survey II. Color transformations and near-infrared photometry for 136 million stars in the southern Galactic disk
One more neighbor: The first brown dwarf in the VVV survey
THE VVV-SkZ_pipeline: AN AUTOMATIC PSF-FITTING PHOTOMETRIC PIPELINE FOR THE VVV SURVEY
VARIABLE STARS IN LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. III. RETICULUM
Discovery of a variable star population in NGC 2808 (vol 421, pg 667, 2004)
DISCOVERY OF TWO VERY WIDE BINARIES WITH ULTRACOOL COMPANIONS AND A NEW BROWN DWARF AT THE L/T TRANSITION
Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey I. Presentation of the data and description of the approach
Obscured clusters IV. The most massive stars in [DBS2003] 179
Strengthening the open cluster distance scale via VVV photometry
VARIABLE STARS IN LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. II. NGC 1786
VVV DR1: The first data release of the Milky Way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Via Lactea
Discovery of VVV CL001 A low-mass globular cluster next to UKS 1 in the direction of the Galactic bulge
H-2 flows in the Corona Australis cloud and their driving sources
Mercer 5: a probable new globular cluster in the Galactic bulge
NEW EVIDENCE SUPPORTING MEMBERSHIP FOR TW NOR IN LYNGA 6 AND THE CENTAURUS SPIRAL ARM
New Galactic star clusters discovered in the VVV survey
Three Galactic globular cluster candidates
VARIABLE STARS IN LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. I. NGC 1466
DENIS J081730.0-615520: AN OVERLOOKED MID-T DWARF IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD
Obscured clusters III. Follow-up observations of Mercer 23
TIME-SERIES PHOTOMETRY OF GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: M62 (NGC 6266), THE MOST RR LYRAE-RICH GLOBULAR CLUSTER IN THE GALAXY?
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way
HIDDEN MILKY WAY STAR CLUSTERS HOSTING WOLF-RAYET STARS
Infrared surveys of Galactic star clusters
Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud III. Near-infrared study
Obscured clusters. II. GLIMPSE-C02 - A new metal rich globular cluster in the Milky Way
The globular cluster M15. I. Identification, discovery, and period determination of variable stars
The young Galactic star cluster [DBS2003] 179
A deep near-infrared view of the Galactic globular cluster 2 MASS GC 02
First stellar abundances in the dwarf irregular galaxy IC 1613
Obscured clusters. I. GLIMPSE30 - A young milky way star cluster hosting Wolf-Rayet stars
Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2MASS point source catalog. V. Follow-up observations of the young stellar cluster candidates RCW 87, [BDSB2003] 164 and [DBSB2003] 172
New metallicities of RR Lyrae stars in omega Centauri: Evidence for a non-He-enhanced metal-intermediate population
On the neutral gas distribution and kinematics in the dwarf irregular galaxy IC 1613
Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the large magellanic cloud II. The extended sample
Discovery of more than 200 RR Lyrae variables in M62: An Oosterhoff I globular cluster with a predominantly blue horizontal branch
Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2MASS point source catalog - IV. Follow-up observations of cluster candidates in the Galactic plane
Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2MASS point source catalog III. Follow-up observations of cluster candidates in the Galactic Center region
Red giant branch stars as probes of stellar populations - II. Properties of the newly discovered globular cluster GLIMPSE-C01
A catalogue of OB associations in IC 1613
Discovery of a variable star population in NGC 2808
Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2MASS point source catalog. II. Physical properties of the star cluster CC01
Kinematic evidence for an old stellar halo in the Large Magellanic Cloud
M75, a globular cluster with a trimodal horizontal branch. II. BV photometry of the RR lyrae variables
The small Magellanic Cloud star cluster NGC 458. A new UBVI photometric study
Discovery of new Milky Way star clusters candidates in the 2MASS point source catalog
M75, a globular cluster with a trimodal horizontal branch. I. Color-magnitude diagram
Near infrared photometry of new Galactic globular clusters GC 01 and GC 02.
Red giant branch stars as probes of stellar populations. I. 2MASS calibration and application to 2MASS GC01
Deep near infrared photometry of new Galactic globular clusters

ConferencePaper (27)

The VVV-SkZ Pipeline: How to Get Automatic PSF-Fitting Photometry from the VVV Survey
VVV GALACTIC STAR CLUSTERS: VVV CL059
VVV IR HIGH PROPER MOTION STARS
Interacting galaxies in 3D: Three case studies
Proper motions and brown dwarfs in the VVV survey
Reddening-free indices in the Vista filter system
Unveiling the nature ultra-luminous X-ray sources through the kinematics and structure of their optical counterpart
Weather on other worlds: BD variability and the VVV
Tidal features in interacting galaxies
Tracing the optical imprints of an intermediate-mass black hole candidate in an interacting galaxy pair
VVV search for new young clusters towards the star forming regions in our galaxy: First results
VVV study of the young Milky Way star clusters: Mercer 35, 69 and 70
Young Stellar Clusters in the VVV Survey
THE VVV TEMPLATES PROJECT TOWARDS AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION OF VVV LIGHT CURVES
VVV POINTED SEARCH FOR NEW GALACTIC OPEN CLUSTERS
VVV STUDY OF THE YOUNG MILKY WAY STAR CLUSTERS: MERCER35, 69 AND 70
Hidden infrared star clusters in our Galaxy: follow-up observations
"Revealing the galactic ""Underground"" star formation"
REVEALING THE GALACTIC "UNDERGROUND" STAR FORMATION
REVEALING THE GALACTIC UNDERGROUND" STAR FORMATION"
RGB Properties of the LMC/SMC Clusters in the Infrared
Spectroscopic Abundances and Radial Velocities of the Galactic Globular Clusters 2MASS GC01 and 2MASS GC02: Preliminary Results
VISTA MILKY WAY PUBLIC SURVEY
A search for EHB pulsators in the globular cluster NGC 6752
Properties of RR lyrae stars in the inner regions of the large magellanic cloud. II. The extended sample
Red giant branch stars as probes of stellar populations: 2MASS calibration and application to 2MASS GC01
The trimodal horizontal branch of M75 (NGC 6864)

Review (2)

The vvv-skzpipeline: An automatic PSF-fitting photometric pipeline for the VVV Survey
TOWARD THE GENERAL RED GIANT BRANCH SLOPE-METALLICITY-AGE CALIBRATION. I. METALLICITIES, AGES, AND KINEMATICS FOR EIGHT LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD CLUSTERS
148
Jordanka Borissova

Full Professor, grado 4

Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaíso, Chile

85
Radostin Kurtev

Titular

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

59
Dante Minniti

Professor

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

2
Matthias Schreiber

Profesor Titular

Departamento de Fisica

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaiso, Chile

13
Manuela Zoccali

Profesor Asociado

Facultad de Física

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

48
Márcio Catelan

Full Professor

Instituto de Astrofísica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Matias Gomez

Associate Professor

DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

1
Maria Ruiz

Profesor Titular

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
René Méndez

Profesor

Departamento de Astronomia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

3
Javier Alonso

Associate Professor

Centro de Astronomía (CITEVA)

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

2
Claus Tappert

Profesor ad honorem

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile

2
Susana Eyheramendy

Full Professor

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

5
Andres Jordan

Profesor

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

6
Leonardo Bronfman

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS Y MATEMÁTICAS

Santiago, Chile

11
Rodolfo Barbá

Director

Astronomía

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA - UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

La Serena, Chile

12
Wolfgang Gieren

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

5
Sebastián Ramírez

Profesor asistente

Centro de Astronomía, Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Simon Casassus

Profesor Titular

Astronomía

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Sandro Villanova

Full professor

Física y Astronomía

Universidad Andrés Bello

Concepcion, Chile

28
Douglas Geisler

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

1
Veronica Motta

Profesor Titular

Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Julio Carballo

Independent Researcher

Instituto de Alta Investigación - Universidad de Tarapacá

Arica, Chile

1
Aldo Valcarce

Postdoctorado

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Natal, RN, Chile

1
Claudio Caceres

Associate Professor

Ciencias Físicas

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Amelia Bayo

Full Professor

Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia, Facultado de Ciencias

Valparaiso, Chile

3
Nelson Padilla

Profesor Titular

Astrophysics

Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Ronald Mennickent

Full professor

Astronomy

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

2
Patricia Tissera

Professor

Fisica

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
Leonardo Vanzi

full time

Electrical Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Linda Schmidtobreick

staff astronomer

Sciops

ESO

Vitacura, Chile

1
Ricardo Munoz

Associate Professor

Astronomy

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Maximiliano Moyano

Director

Instituto de Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

2
Pia Amigo

Profesor Jornada Parcial

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

13
Juan Beamin

Coordinador científico

Vicerrectoría de investigación y postgrado

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Lorenzo Monaco

Profesor asistente

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

2
Médéric Boquien

Académico

Vicerrectoría de Investigación

UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA

Antofagasta, Chile

2
Karla Peña

Profesor Asistente

Vicerectoría de Investigación, Innovación y Postgrado

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Alvaro Rojas

Académico

Física

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

6
Christian Nitschelm

Full professor

Sciences

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

2
Eduardo Unda

Director

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Sergio Vásquez

Encargado de Programa de Cultura Astronómica

Dirección de Educación

Museo Interactivo Mirador

Santiago, Chile

6
José Fernández

Assistant Professor

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapo, Chile

1
Giovanni Leone

Profesor Asistente

Instituto de Investigación en Astronomía y Ciencias Planetarias

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapó, Chile

1
Lorenzo Morelli

Profesor

Instituto de astronomia y ciencias planetarias

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapo, Chile

1
Antonio Montero

Profesor Adjunto/Asociado

Physics

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Santiago, Chile

8
Christian Moni Bidin

Director

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile

3
Maria del Carmen Argudo

Profesora Asociada

Instituto de Física

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Giuliano Pignata

Associate professor

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Lauri Haikala

Academico

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapo, Chile

1
Francisco Surot

Postdoc

Investigación

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, España

1
Calum Morris

Postdoctoral Researcher

Universidad de Valparaíso

Vina del Mar, Chile